Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 14,722, Eleazer Fisher, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
mass.
Fisher, Eleanor
14,722
Susanna
CONTENTS

1633.
Massachusetts.
Susanna Fisher widow of Eleazer Fisher Mass who served in the Revolutionary war, as a private
Reported
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 24 Dollars 57.
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 31. day of August 1848 and sent to
Willis Fisher Franklin Mass.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 48 Vol. 2,

Commonwealth of Massachusetts. County of Norfolk ss.
I Jonathan H. Cobb Registrar of the Court of Probate for said County of Norfolk hereby certify that Willis Fisher is a Justice of the Peace within & for said County of Norfolk & that Sherman Leland is Judge of said Court of Probate & that their respective signatures to the papers annexed are genuine & true. In Testimony, whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court of Probate this fourth day of June A.D. 1839.
Jonathan H. Cobb
2.173 39-24 days

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Norfolk County & Town of Wrentham
I Calvin Fish, Clerk of said Town do hereby certify that the following is a true copy of a record now in my possession as such Town Clerk with the exception herein after named
By the Rev David Avery who married February seventeenth scventeen hundred eighty nine Elizabeth Fisher jun and Susanna Poulter
And I further certify that the above is a true copy of the record with the exception of the date which is expressed on the record in fair legible figures as follows "February 17. 1789"
I Calvin Fish, Clerk above named depose and say that I hold the office of Town Clerk in the County, Town & State aforesaid and that the above is a true extract from the records of said Town with the exception above named as certified by me
Calvin Fish, Town Clerk of the Town of Wrentham
Norfolk ss. May 21 1889 Then personally appeared the above named Calvin Fish and made Oath that the Certificate above subscribed by him is true
Before me William Fisher Justice Peace

5573
Susanna Fisher
Mass
3780
act 7 July 38
m 89. d 19.
vol 38. 55 } on 5.8. Matag " 60 } 2.39. 24 pri
adm 266 4.18 24ds. pri 5.8 Matag
24, 5-7
no deduction
S. Leland est Roxbury Mass.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
County of Norfolk ss On this twenty first day of May in the year one Thousand eight hundred & thirty nine, personally appeared in open court before the Court of Probate in session at Wrentham in for said County, Susanna Fisher a resident of Franklin in said County, aged seventy six years, who being duly sworn according to law, affirmed upon her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the act of May 1838, passed July 1838, entitled an act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows.
That she is the widow of Eleazar Fisher late of Franklin deceased, who was a soldier in the revolutionary army & served according to the best of her information & belief, six months as a recruit, in the company of Massachusetts Artillery, stationed at or near Boston, & commanded by Capt. Peter Cushing, in the latter part of the year 1776 & beginning of the year 1777 - and also at Littleton in Rhode Island, one month in 1777 or a part thereof in the Massachusetts Militia under Capt. Asa French & in Col. Boardman's Regiment. She further declares that she was married to the said Eleazar Fisher, therefor many years the collect known by the name of Eleazar Fisher for on the seventeenth day of February one Thousand seven hundred & eighty nine, that her husband the said Eleazar Fisher died on the third day of June 1818. That she was not married to the said Eleazar prior to her leaving the same but that the marriage took place previous to the first of January 1794 to wit at the town above mentioned - Susanna Fisher
Sworn to & subscribed the day & year first above written
before me
J. Leland of Probate

I Willis Fisher of Franklin in the County of Norfolk and Commonwealth of Massachusetts aged fifty five testify and say that I was well acquainted with Ebenezer Fisher and Susanna Fisher within named that the said Ebenezer's father was of the same name and that he was known as Ebenezer Fisher during the life time of his father that the said Ebenezer Fisher and Susanna lived in good reports as man and wife till the time of his death which happened about twenty years since in the Town of Franklin that the said Susanna has not since the decease of her said husband intermarried but continues the widow of said Ebenezer Fisher and now resides in Franklin
Willis Fisher
Norfolk ss. May 21 st 1889 I swear to and Subscribed by the abovenamed Willis Fisher who is a credible witness
Before me
J Selmer Probst

Rev  WIDOW, &c.
File No. 14722
Susanna Fisher Widow of Eleazer Fisher Briv Rev. War
Act: Feb. 2 d 1848
Index:—Vol. A , Page 234
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Wickford July 13. 38
Massachusetts - 3,780
Susanna Fisher widow of Eleazar Fisher, who was a pensioner under the Act of and who died on the 3 d June 1818 of Norfolk R in the State of Mass s who was a P o & M o in the Company commanded by Captain Cushing of the Reg t commanded by _____ in the Mass s . time for 6 mos 2 dys
Inscribed on the Roll of Mass s a la suite, at the rate of 24 Dollars 57 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4 th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 7 th day of Aug t 39, and sent with S. Leavitt, Roxbury, Mass s
Arrears to the 4 th of Mar - $ 73.71 Semi-annual allowance ending 12.28 $ 86.99
{ Act July 7, } 1838.
Recorded by R Bangs Clerk, Book A Vol. 17 Page 88

3722 Massachusetts
Susanna Fisher widow of Eleazer Fisher who was a pvt mat. in the Mass s Line
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 24 Dollars 57, Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 12 th day of December 1843 and sent to Willis Fisher Franklin Mass s
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book 4 Vol. / Page 42

To the Hon. Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts The subscriber a resident of Franklin in said Commonwealth and widow of Eleazar Fisher of said Franklin deceased respectfully request you to furnish such evidence of the service of the said Eleazar Fisher as are borne upon the rolls of the Army of the Revolution as as reported in your office which were it is believed performed in 1776-7 by six months 4 days service under Capt. Cushing, Col. Crafts Regt. of Artillery Boston & Frankfort
Jeffer
Jeffer
Franklin Aug 9 th 1848
Attest A. E. Daniels Justice of the Peace

Rotterdam (Hosp) June 5 th 1839
Sir
Herewith I send the application of Susan Fisher for a pension,
Very respectfully
Your obed
serv
J. L. C. C.
J. L. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Pensions Washington City

J. L. Edwards Com. of Pleasure Washington D.C.

Franklin September 10 th 1840
To the Commissioner of Pensions
The enclosed are the Declarations of Judith Tinkham, Jemima Tinkham (her former name not returned thereby ) Susanna Tinkham, Mary Pierce, Betsey Hartshorn, Edna Dean & Abigail Tinkham with certificates of service from the Secretary of War thereby except in the case of Betsey Hartshorn the Secretary her husband's name not being found as entered by the Secretary in his Office with certificates of marriage in each case. The names in cases of Edna Dean, Judith Tinkham & Mary Pierce are not all found as is undoubtedly the fact and some of the others not all that were rendered but particular effort to entitle them to oblg. full pensions. The old Soldiers' information information was obtained under the act of 7 th July 1838 having all deceased or become so superannuated little can be obtained at this time from that source and the widows never did know anything of their own knowledge as a general thing and many are so superannuated that they have forgotten that of which they were heretofore informed. I have endeavored so far to conform to all the requirements of the Department as far as known and now submit in behalf of the anxious & expectant widows an early attention to their several claims. J. L. Edwards Com. Pensions.      Respectfully your Servt Soldiers' Franklin P.O.              W. M. Tinkham

1338 Sacramento Valley
$24:57 per an
Willis Fisher Franklin Mass

Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of the 8th March 1828 granting pensions for one year to certain widows who have received pensions under the act of July 7 th 1838
State of Massachusetts } ss. County of Norfolk }
On this fifth day of September 1848 personally appeared before the Subordinate Justice of the peace of the County of Norfolk aforesaid Susanna Fisher a resident of Franklin in said County of Norfolk aged eighty years who having been first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the act of Congress passed on the 8th of March 1828 granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the revolutionary war. That she is the widow of Eleazar Fisher who was a captain  lieutenant in the 8th Regt  Artillery of Massachusetts Troops Cushing Col. Crafts Pte. Col. Pte. and the annual amount of the pension she received under the act of July 7 th 1838 was twenty four and 3 / 4 Dollars and she further declares that she is still a widow.
Sworn to and subscribed on the day & year above written before Willis Fisher Justice Peace
Susanna Fisher
I hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with Susanna Fisher the signer of the above declaration and that she was a pensioner under the act of July 7 th 1838
Willis Fisher Justice Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Sept. 1. 1843
I hereby Certify, That
Willis Fisher of Franklin in the County of Norfolk now is, & ever since December 1843 has been a Justice of the Peace for said Norfolk
in the said Commonwealth, duly constituted and commissioned; and that to his acts and attestations, as such, full faith and credit are and ought to be given, in and out of Court.
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
J. A. Bolles
Secretary of the Commonwealth.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, August 22 1843
I hereby Certify, That, from an examination of the Books and Documents, relating to Military Services in the War of the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears that the name of Ebenezer Fisher is borne upon the rolls of Capt. Pierce (as being in a Massachusetts) from Nov. 1. 1776 to May 8. 1777 (most of days) - Regiment of Col. Crafts
And I further Certify, That, before search made for evidence of said facts, the application hereto annexed was filed in this

Office, in the form in which the same now appears: that the search was made by myself and my clerks alone: and that said application and the certificate above set forth, contain all the facts and circumstances which tend to satisfy me of the identity of the party described in the application with the individual who rendered the service.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
Jno A Bolles Secretary of the Commonwealth.

Susanna Fiske
ad 3722
Admitted
Willis Fisher Franklin Mass

DECLARATION
In order to obtain the benefits of the act of Congress of 2d February, 1848, entitled, "An act making further provision for surviving Widows and Soldiers of the Revolution."
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS, } ss. Norfolk County, }
On this Eleventh day of August 1848, personally appeared before the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace, in and for the county aforesaid,
Susanna Fisher a resident of Franklin in the county of Norfolk aged Eighty five years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on her oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed on the 2d February, 1848, granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary war. That she is the widow of Eleazer Fisher who was a resident of Franklin and who was a Private in the Revolutionary Army
and is the identical person who drew a pension under the Act of 17th June, 1844, on account of the Revolutionary service of her late husband aforesaid, at the rate of Twenty four dollars and fifty seven cents per annum.
She further declares that she is still a widow.
Susanna X Fisher her mark
Sworn to and subscribed on the day } and year above written, }
Before me,
In presence of Caroline Fisher Widow Fisher
Willis Fisher Justice of the Peace.
I Certify, That the declarant is personally known to me, a widow and a pensioner, as she declares.
Willis Fisher Justice of the Peace.